For what it's worth, ubuntu 12.04 alpha 1 doesn't seem to suffer from this at the moment.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to java-access-bridge in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881218 Title: openjdk-7-jre depends on openjdk-6-jre Status in “ca-certificates-java” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “java-access-bridge” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: There is a circular dependency between openjdk-7-jre and openjdk-6-jre. As a result if I install openjdk-7-jdk, openjdk-6-jre is installed and if I remove openjdk-6-jre, openjdk-7-jdk is also removed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: openjdk-7-jre 7~b147-2.0~pre6-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Oct 25 09:18:52 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openjdk-7 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/+bug/881218/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

